posted 02-21-201209:28 AM
I've got one: Thity White Horses on a red hill, first they stamp, then they champ, then they stand still. Chloette since you're reading the Hobbit you might be able to answer this.

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The second is one of my favorite riddles ever, because I study the answer every day: TIME!

How about:

If you speak my name, I vanish. What am I?

and

I have streets but no pavement,I have cities but no buildings,I have forests but no trees,I have rivers yet no water.What am I?

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posted 02-21-201203:04 PM
Well, I was thinking of GLOVES, but I guess hearts works too!

The answers to yours are MOUNTAIN and WIND.

Have you ever seen the animated Hobbit movie? They sang this riddle, and it used to scare me silly when I was little. Here it is:

It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.It lies behind stars and under hills,And empty holes it fills.It comes first and follows after,Ends life, kills laughter.

Here's a toughie:

I'm the beginning of eternity,The end of time and space,The beginning of every end,And the end of every place.What am I?

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posted 02-22-201204:07 AM
OK, these are tough, but I'll give 'em a shot.

For the first one, the two kids and the dog could be in the canoe, and the two parents could swim alongside and hold onto the edge.

For the second one, they could pass around a standard calculator (not one of those fancy ones where you can see the whole equation). Each man would enter his salary, then plus 1. Their combined salary would be the result, minus 4.

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posted 02-22-201204:08 AM
What can run but never walks,Has a mouth but never talks,Has a head but never weeps,Has a bed but never sleeps?

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posted 02-22-201207:49 AMquote:Originally posted by Rowena: OK, these are tough, but I'll give 'em a shot.

For the first one, the two kids and the dog could be in the canoe, and the two parents could swim alongside and hold onto the edge.

For the second one, they could pass around a standard calculator (not one of those fancy ones where you can see the whole equation). Each man would enter his salary, then plus 1. Their combined salary would be the result, minus 4. Those are very similar to the answers my dad gave me. These are from a radio podcast that my dad listens to and here are the answers they gave him:

Riddle #1 (btw, I meant about 200 lbs. not exactly 200 lbs.)The son goes with the father and drops him off. Then the son goes back and comes with the mother. Then the son comes back for the daughter and the dog.

Riddle #2They get a calculator (like you said) but the guy enters 240 in the calculator and adds his salary. Then he hands it to the rest of the guys. They enter their salaries and hand it back to the first man. Then he subtracts 240 and gets the answer. You had the same basic idea Rowena.

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posted 02-22-201201:50 PM
Gee, seems like that 56lb kid has an awful lot of rowing to do! LOL!I'm relieved my answers were close. I gave it my best guess, but I wasn't sure.

You're very close with "fountain head" Smurfy1For2. The answer is RIVER.

Here's a really old one. It's the riddle the Sphinx asked Oedipus (and anyone else who passed by Thebes. As the story goes, she strangled and ate anyone who couldn't answer...)

Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?

And no one's guessed the chimney riddle yet, or the eternity one, so here they are again:

What goes up a chimney down but won't go down a chimney up?

I'm the beginning of eternity,The end of time and space,The beginning of every end,And the end of every place.What am I?

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posted 02-24-201211:04 AM
I'm not too sure about most of these but Rowena your two ones were Dark and the letter e. Yes I have seen the animated Hobbit and love it! I have to say I much prefer it to the animated LOTR though. The one thing I don't like about the animated Hobbit is the representation of Gollum though...

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A sign at a store says, "If you don't see what you want, you're in the right place." What does the store sell?

ANSWER: Eyeglasses!

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